Abp. Burke urges education on moral law

Archbishop Raymond Burke has said time and again that it is a bishop’s duty to help form the consciences of his flock.

But while doing this, the archbishop has found that among local Catholics, there is "a shocking ignorance of the natural moral law, held and handed down in the Church’s teaching."

The archbishop also said that, as he noted in a pastoral letter he wrote while serving in the Diocese of LaCrosse, Wis., a lack of respect for human life did not begin with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision. Rather, it stemmed from an earlier time with the acceptance of artificial birth control.

By using artificial contraceptives, "we are well on the way to convincing ourselves that we also may decide when human life begins or when it is no longer worthy of our protection and care," he said. Couples preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage should receive a "strong formation" of the Church’s teaching on procreation. Couples already married within the Church who have not already received this formation should do so, he added.

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